I think that's pretty common and not necessarily a bug. I'm not 100% positive, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that v$sql_shared_cursor by design only shows some, but not all, of the reasons for not sharing cursors. Regards, Brandon -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse Beware that there is also what I believe to be a bug where all values for the columns in v$sql_shared_cursor are "N", despite multiple children. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l